#Meanwhile Armand is like. Did you know about the clap on clap off light switch.

[chicago-geniza]

I am being so serious when I say that Anne Rice did a very compelling narrative thing when she was like "postwar (and, implicitly, bipolar-world/Cold War) America gives the consumer such an abundance of illusory choices that they begin to yearn for negative liberty. This leads to charismatic religion, an obsession-by-comparison with both ~authoritarian regimes~ and The Past as represented by lack of choice (arranged marriage, monodiet, only one suit, etc.), and BDSM. Instead of being an armchair theorist about it I'm going to explain why it makes vampires sexy to suburbanites from the 70s"